Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Hi,

I am giving you some guideline of the exam pattern and the subjects asked in the exam which you need to prepare.

First of all, in the month of May or June there are the “Preliminary examinations”. Now, in this examination, there are two papers. The papers are on:
1. General Studies (150 marks)
2. Some optional subject (300 marks)

General Studies Paper--
General Studies paper consists of questions on:
Indian Polity & Economy
History of India including Indian National Movement
Indian and World Geography
Current Affairs of National and International Importance
General and day-to-day Science
Mental Ability and Basics of Statistics etc.
Questions on planning, budgeting, developmental programs, latest issues of political and constitutional importance, panchayati raj, electoral reforms, natural resources, culture, growth of nationalism, Committees, Commission etc can be expected every year.
Now-a-days, there is a lot of emphasis on “current affairs” in the general studies paper!

Here you have to give a paper on a subject of your choice. You can choose from the following subjects:
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Ias exam is the most reputed exam in India. You have to prepare very very hard to crack this exam. Be very carefull about the subject you choose for prelims, as you will be appearing for an objective type of paper. Choose subjects which have availability of books, reading material and guidance.G.K. will definitely pay most in your prelims. Reading newspapers regularly, watching TV news and stay in touch with current issues will be gainful. If you have been lucky enough to reach the interview stage book knowledge may not be the only thing you want. There Your mental alertness will count and they ask you questions like ¡°How many steps did you walk up to reach here?¡± or ¡° What is the colour of the wall behind you ?¡± - So be alert and prepared. Enhance your personality which will definitely be one of the criteria for selection. You should Improve your communication skil to have your say in this political mess of ourcountry and try to make it a better place to help others.

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Indian Administrative Services

Dear Aspirant,
Here i explain you about IAS exam full details and preparation pattern.
IAS is an Indian Administrative Services,This exam conducts one time in a yearselection procedure or rounds of IAS exam:
First one is Preliminary Exam,This exam have two papers,each paper have 200marks.both papers contains objective type of questions.This exam generally conducting in the month of May or June
Second one is Mains Exam,This exam is conducting in the month of October,this exam have Nine descriptive papers,
Final one is Interview.
If you want to enter in mains you have to clear preliminary examPreparation Procedure:
First you have concentrate on Preliminary Exam,Because if you want to enter in Mains first you should clear Preliminary Exam.
For Preliminary Exam have Two papers those are General Studies and General aptitude papers.
For General Studies,You should cover Indian Economy Basis,Polity,History,Science and Technology,Current Affairs,Geography.
For General Aptitude,You have to cover Quantitative Aptitude,Reasoning and English LanguageTips for Easy preparation:Team Work:
This Team work means,you have to prepare with your friends who are prepare for this exam or even you can prepare with Bank PO also because some papers and concepts are similar with Bank PO's etc.you have to search them and prepare with them.
[B]Time Table:[/B]
You have to make a time table and Follow the time table with out laziness.Institute:
You should go for Institute that institute helps you to get success in less time because there are lot of experience faculties are there.Free Institutes also available in every Disrict.Official Website for IAS:http://www.upsc.gov.in/

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Hi

For right approach, the preparation of Mains should start before or at least concurrent with Prelims. Just because you have to prepare for Essay, GS and the two optionals (English and a regional language, the one/two other compulsory, do not require a separate preparation) you never get enough time (to prepare for all these) after the declaration of Prelims' results. Further, while Prelims is only a screening test, it is on the basis of your performance in Mains, on which mainly depends the final outcome of your efforts. Strategically, therefore, the preparation for the examination should start about one year in advance and you should think about appearing in the Prelims only when you have had a strong grip over the Mains' subject matter.
Many of you, particularly those with a professional degree in science, tend to ignore the preparation of GS and concentrate mainly on their optional subjects. This attitude is more like a bad gamble because you are not aware about the level of preparation of other aspirants. Economy (for the science background aspirants), Science & Technology (for the social science background aspirants) and Statistical Analysis are the only three areas that can pose problems in scoring. If you have prepared economy for your Prelims, doing it for the mains must not be difficult. Statistical analysis has to be practised with the help of previous years' solved questions given in all the guides as also the NCERT's Statistical Analysis. One year regular reading of a good national daily, India Yearbook (Publication Division) relevant NCERT books and a good magazine for the purpose are the basic necessities that you must go through. Scoring in GS is mathematical and any additional score gained through serious preparations should be welcome.
Essay paper, re-introduced in 1993, created a sort of storm among the aspirants. A rumour was spread that the step has been taken to neutralize the scoring pattern which is highly skewed in favour of some subjects. Though there is no denying the fact that many subjects (like Maths, Physics, Commerce etc.) do not encourage the development of language skill, those of you with such an academic background but a natural flair for writing developed during school or college days, should be definitely at an advantage. Writing an essay is an art and if you are not naturally inclined to write that way, you will have to spend at least some time in practising; more so because many of the issues asked in the form of essay are the ones that you generally prepare for your GS where you limit your preparation upto about 250 words. Stretching this content to form an essay is really an uphill task. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep a thorough eye on all the happenings (in terms of broad areas) of the last one year with critical evaluation of those which could be asked in the form of an essay.
Regarding the compulsory language paper(s) which is (are) of qualifying nature only, I should just say that if you are apprehensive about the language papers too, better forget about the civil services.
The two optionals, that form a major part of your score, have to be decided judiciously. Candidates living in the major centres of Civil Services related activities, generally do not face much problem in finalising their optionals but others, living in smaller towns or where there is no such environment, do faulter. For those of you post-graduate in any subject or having a professional degree, the first optional is the one that you have pursued for the last few years. But, for ordinary graduates the choice of first optional too, is equally problematic . Most of the candidates undecided about the optionals, are strongly influenced by the interviews (given by the previous years' successful candidates) that appear in various magazines. Decisions made on this basis, can, at times, land you in the no man's land.
While selecting an optional I would suggest that you care for the following : (a) The Syllabus : Whether it looks comprehensible at the first glance. (b) Content : Find out whether the relevant books/study-material are easily available. (c) Interest : After going through some of the literature, find out whether it has been able to generate interest in you. (d) Expertise : Whether any specialist of the subject is available or approachable, the one that You can solve your problems and satisfy your queries. (e) Success rate : What has been the scoring pattern and the success-rate of the subject—this you can know from any coaching institute of repute or from some of the magazines too. (f) Friends' advise : Particularly of those who have not made into the list of successful aspirants of the previous years. The steps need not be followed in this sequence.
The last decade has seen a catastrophic change of the sort, regarding the preference of the candidates for traditional subjects as also regarding the scoring pattern. The last five years in particular have seen the emergence of Physics-Maths combination opted by the IITians, as the most successful one. Mid-Eighties saw the upsurge of Anthropology, a subject which is taught in the least number of Universities in India, followed by creation of Public Administration as a separate subject and its instant success in terms of candidates attracted as also in the scoring pattern. Geography has been making silent strides and the literatures of various regional languages have proved their credibility time and again. These subjects affected the popularity of History and Psychology that went out of favour because of revision and substantial increase in the syllabus undertaken during that period. Sociology suffered at the hands of Anthropology because the two can not be opted together and the wind favoured Anthropology.
During the last three years, however, Psychology and Sociology gained some ground while Public Administration has declined slightly in popularity. Regional languages have shown a spectacular rise while Anthropology has stagnated at the top. Philosophy, another fascinating optional, is restricted in popularity and there is not much to write about it. Change in the syllabi of many popular optionals along with bringing parity in the papers of various optionals is bound to bring many significant changes that should be reflected in the results of IAS ’2000. Maths is not going to be a popular subject any more. Engineering subjects, too are likely to lose in popularity. Anthropology, Geography and Litt. (despite revision of syllabi) should emerge as major successful optionals. Psychology too may improve is tally. Sociology and Public Administration should attract larger chunk of aspirants but in terms of results, both these optionals may prove disastrous.
If you ask me to rate various optionals and to opt for which one of them, my suggestions should be as follows:
If you are looking for the smallest syllabus, the obvious choice should fall on Anthropology, but wait, preparing this subject through self-study may not be that easy because the subject combines biological and sociological aspects. If you intend to choose a subject with scientific orientation, your choice should fall on Geography, Psychology or Anthropology. If you have a good command on the language, any subject can be chosen provided you can develop interest in that subject. Otherwise, those of you who do not have good writing skill, then please for your sake do not opt for History, Sociology, Philosophy or Political Science. Candidates with a command on any regional language or Hindi can taste success by opting for a literature as an optional paper. With a strong base in Economics or Commerce, Geography can be a good second optional.
There is no standard formula for success in the competition. The only rule is that you realise your real capacities and capabilities and chalk out your own strategy. How to perform well in Mains and Personality Test are the issues that should be dealt at length and I shall discuss these issue with you at the appropriate time.

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

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i) Current AffiarsNational and International
ii) Indian Polity
iii) Indian Economy
iv) Geography of India
v) Science and Technology
vi) History of India and Freedom Movement
vii) Study of thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore
viii) Statistics and General Mathematics Ability
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Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Sir i want to prepare for ias pcs .... i hav choosen public adminstration and socio;ogy .... but shud i go for law ... as the pattern is going to change

For preparations you need to Go according to the CSAT syllabus.Pattern Of CSAT paper contains Paper I and Paper II.

Paper I is compulsory Paper But you can Opt for any one out 25 papers For Paper II.(Optional Subject Paper) Proper Schedule will make you strong for CSAT preparations.

Pracatice , Hard work & Determination will help you out. Even Papers will help you so go through Previous Years papers but only after completing individual Study on Different topics under CSAT Syllabus.

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Follow the simple steps-

- join a coaching for more guidance .
make time table and Time table should be clear and must be accept by your self
You have to take minimum 6 hours for sleep,rest makes man effectively to work entire day.
You have to find that how many hours you have in a day with out coaching classes or college timing or job timing,for remaining hours you have to make time table.
Secondly,You have find that which section is very hard to you.You have spend a more time for that difficult section.
You must maintain Discipline.
You should do meditation or listening music for relaxation

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Dear Friend,

Indian Administrative Services

Dear Aspirant,
Here i explain you about IAS exam full details and preparation pattern.
IAS is an Indian Administrative Services,This exam conducts one time in a yearselection procedure or rounds of IAS exam:
First one is Preliminary Exam,This exam have two papers,each paper have 200marks.both papers contains objective type of questions.This exam generally conducting in the month of May or June
Second one is Mains Exam,This exam is conducting in the month of October,this exam have Nine descriptive papers,
Final one is Interview.
If you want to enter in mains you have to clear preliminary examPreparation Procedure:
First you have concentrate on Preliminary Exam,Because if you want to enter in Mains first you should clear Preliminary Exam.
For Preliminary Exam have Two papers those are General Studies and General aptitude papers.
For General Studies,You should cover Indian Economy Basis,Polity,History,Science and Technology,Current Affairs,Geography.
For General Aptitude,You have to cover Quantitative Aptitude,Reasoning and English LanguageTips for Easy preparation:Team Work:
This Team work means,you have to prepare with your friends who are prepare for this exam or even you can prepare with Bank PO also because some papers and concepts are similar with Bank PO's etc.you have to search them and prepare with them.
[B]Time Table:[/B]
You have to make a time table and Follow the time table with out laziness.Institute:
You should go for Institute that institute helps you to get success in less time because there are lot of experience faculties are there.Free Institutes also available in every Disrict.Official Website for IAS:http://www.upsc.gov.in/

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

first of all concentrate on your goal and buy competitive books for ias/ies and then solve those questions and daily revise previous days question and if u want to take coaching then join made easy coaching which will prepare for these exams best of luck

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Ias stands for indian administrative service. It is one of the civil services. You prepare with the following topics:- history, geography, civil law, indian ecnomics, social ethics and many more social science. You have good problem solving skills. That is important. All the best

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Hi dear,
Civil service exam of IAS is conducted by upsc.
age limits :
21-30 years as on 1.7.2011. (Upper age limit relax able for SCs/STs, OBCs and certain other categories
Educational Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree of a recognized university with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
i am attaching a upsc criteria for you or for details information visit to http://www.upsc.gov.in
All the best

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Be very carefull about the subject you choose for prelims, as you will be appearing for an objective type of paper.

First you have concentrate on Preliminary Exam,Because if you want to enter in Mains first you should clear Preliminary Exam.
For Preliminary Exam have Two papers those are General Studies and General aptitude papers.
You have to make a time table and Follow the time table with out laziness.
Statistical analysis has to be practised with the help of previous years' solved questions given in all the guides as also the NCERT's Statistical Analysis. One year regular reading of a good national daily, India Yearbook (Publication Division) relevant NCERT books and a good magazine for the purpose are the basic necessities that you must go through.

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Hi,
IAS comes under civil service exam.
The Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) includes two objective type question papers of two hundred marks and two hours time duration for each paper. One is on General Studies and the other is General Aptitude Paper( which has now replaced the optional subject that was there earlier). With the Civil Service exam having very limited seats it’s a very difficult exam to crack. Many students appear multiple times to clear it.

Paper 1 is on General Studies.This includes areas like Indian National Movement, Indian Polity, Basic Economic understanding, Geography While the dynamic part includes current affairs, GK and has no proper definition and syllabus making quite vast.
Paper 2 includes English, mathematics, reasoning, analytical ability, and interpersonal skills. Unlike paper 1 which has a static part this paper provides no such respite.
Unlike paper 1 where quantity of questions is a major determinant for the static section paper 2 cannot be tamed without solving quality questions, though few in number Since the preliminary exam in particular is a test of endurance the candidate needs to prepare himself on the physical as well as mental level. The main constraint is the time one gets to answer questions. On an average one gets around 40 seconds for each question.
Follow these techniques to do well in the prilims:
*Increase memory by using charts,tables,graphs
*Make short and brief notes on each topic
*use diagrams
*link words which make easaier to understand
*use abbreviations
*Do regular revisions(daily,weekly,monthly)
*Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information
*Discuss with friends and teachers
*Solve previous year question papers
*Be updated with current events
*Understand the concepts well instead of memorising everything
*Manage time effectively
*Take mock tests

>> Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.

>> The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

Books reference for the Preliminary exam:

Civil Services Chronicle or Pratiyogita Darpan are both good magazines for current affairs

MAIN exam :

MAin exam will be continue for the 21 days..

300 marks for each exam:
duration: 3 hours for each exam..

paper 1: General studies
paper 2: Essay and english paper
paper 3: Optional Subject :
Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects

Indian Languages and General english of 10th standerd each will be 300 marks..
but these 2 paper marks not be considered for ranking ,....

you must be clear these two papers if you are not clear then other paper will not be evaluated..

Interview:
interview will be 300 marks..

you should be selected on the overall performance of the MAin exam and interview total marks are involved in the ranking from : 2300 marks

MAIn exam General studies syllabus:

Paper-I

(1) History of Modern India and Indian Culture

(2) Geogrphy of India
questions will be on the physical, economic and social geography of India.

(3) Constitution of India and Indian Polity
the Constitution of India as well as all constitutional, legal, administrative and other issues emerging from the politico-administrative system prevalent in the country.

(4) Current National issues and topics of social relevance

current national issues and topics of social relevance in present-day India, such as the following:

>> The Indian economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.

>> Issues arising from the social and economic exclusion of large sections from the benefits of development.

>> Other issues relating to the development and management of human resource.

>> Health issues including the management of Public Health, Health education and ethical concerns regarding health-care, medical research and pharmaceuticals.

>> Law enforcement, internal security and related issues such as the preservation of communal harmony.

>> Issues relating to good governance and accountability to the citizens including the maintenance of human rights, and of probity in public life.

Re: How to start preparing for IAS/PCS exam?

Ias exam is the most reputed exam in India. You've to organize very quite difficult to crack this exam.

Be very careful about the subject you choose for prelims, as you is likely to be showing for an goal kind of paper.

Choose topics which have accessibility to publications, examining product and guidance.G.K. will certainly spend many in your prelims. Reading papers frequently, watching TV media and keep touching recent problems is likely to be gainful.

When you yourself have been fortunate to achieve the meeting period book information might not be the only thing you want.

There Your mental alertness will depend and they question you issues like How many steps did you walk around achieve here What is the color of the wall behind you, Therefore be attentive and prepared. Enhance your character that may certainly be among the requirements for selection. You need to Boost your transmission skil to have your say in this political chaos of ourcountry and take to to create it a better place to simply help others.